Brussels, 28/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, has published the 2010 edition of the publication Taxation trends in the European Union, measuring taxes and social security compared with GDP (corrected for seasonal variations). It observes that in 2008, the overall tax-to-GDP ratio in the EU27 was 39.3% and 39.7% in the eurozone. There are wide differences between the member states, with the tax burden being below 30% in four member states (Ireland, Latvia,...